WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Hong Kong 2024 - Live Bog - Super Round & Placement Round underway
The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Hong Kong 2024 at the Central Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong, China enters the first day of Super Round and Placement Round action on Thursday.
The top three teams from Group A and Group B in the Opening Round feature in the Super Round with the bottom three teams in the Placement Round.
The Super Round and Placement Round continues to Friday before the medal games take place on Saturday.
Super Round & Placement Round schedule announced
Cuba first team to book Super Round spot after riveting Day Two action
Defending champions Cuba led Pool A with two wins from as many games after the first day with France and Mexico unbeaten in Group B
Spectacular Opening Ceremony on the first day of competition
This is the second edition of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup after Mexico City 2022
Cuba are the defending champions, with Japan having finished second and Chinese Taipei third
There are 10 teams returning from Mexico 2022. Australia and China have replaced Kenya and Korea
This the the first time a WBSC World Cup is staged in Hong Kong, China
Hosts Hong Kong finished 12th in Mexico two years ago
The next edition of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup will take place in Italy in 2026.
The next WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup will take place in Mexico in 2025.
The number of teams participating in the next editions of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup and WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup will increase from 12 to 16 teams.
Baseball5 will also feature at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
Key links
- Tournament Website
- Schedule/live scoring
- Live Streaming
- Live clips on X
- Videos
- Photos
- WBSC/KONAMI Baseball5 World Ranking